My immediate concerns about this are with the recent hacks of government servers (Hillary's, etc.) combined with the recent ship crashes I worry we may be entering into a trap, perhaps even one designed to humiliate Trump in battle and then bring in the NWO. I hope I'm wrong.

Kimmy's last little demo set off a 6.3M (likely higher) surface earthquake. Maybe not worse than being shot, but it's bad enough.

It would be ironic, and well deserved, if Kim The Mentally Ill were to trigger a massive earthquake in N.K. with his nuke testing and collapse his luxury bunker. If not, it only looks to be a matter of time before he finally pushes his luck past the line and triggers a "Yuge" earthquake, courtesy of the USA.

It would be ironic, and well deserved, if Kim The Mentally Ill were to trigger a massive earthquake in N.K. with his nuke testing and collapse his luxury bunker. If not, it only looks to be a matter of time before he finally pushes his luck past the line and triggers a "Yuge" earthquake, courtesy of the USA China.

China is getting bored with the fat kid. Its one thing letting him play around with sabre rattling, starving the population and having 'traitors' blown up with anti tank missiles, but he's now getting too precocious. China cannot afford a conflict from an economic (trade) standpoint. They'll take out the fat kid and cope with the refugees rather than let things carry on as they are or escalate.

China is getting bored with the fat kid. Its one thing letting him play around with sabre rattling, starving the population and having 'traitors' blown up with anti tank missiles, but he's now getting too precocious. China cannot afford a conflict from an economic (trade) standpoint. They'll take out the fat kid and cope with the refugees rather than let things carry on as they are or escalate.

I agree with you, Pud. I think China is getting very tired of their brat kid rattling the bars. They didn't mind him as a distraction for the U.S. and the rest of the world but he's been acting way too big for his britches the past few months. He's becoming much more of negative than a positive for China, at this point. They've got a lot of moo-la in play on the world stage and I don't see them letting their out-of-control kiddie mess that up. If China doesn't stomp on him or get him to lay low for awhile, I'd expect them to look the other way if the U.S. et al have to bury him.

China is getting bored with the fat kid. Its one thing letting him play around with sabre rattling, starving the population and having 'traitors' blown up with anti tank missiles, but he's now getting too precocious. China cannot afford a conflict from an economic (trade) standpoint. They'll take out the fat kid and cope with the refugees rather than let things carry on as they are or escalate.

All the talk back and forth btwn the Chinks and the US is just smoke and mirrors. China holds too much of our debt. They wants they money. The Sons of Han are not going to let the NorK get in the way of that.

In a report released Thursday, the South Korean army said the Hyunmoo IV surface-to-surface missile, dubbed "Frankenmissile" by South Korean media, would be used in combination with other surface-to-surface missiles and Hyunmoo-class intermediate-range missiles to inflict an "unbearable cost" to its nuclear-armed northern rival.

“We would use those three types of missiles as the first salvo of the missile strike and concentrate them during the initial phase of war to destroy North Korea’s long-range artillery units and missiles located in ballistic missile operating area,” the army said in a report to lawmakers, according to The Korea Herald.

The report said the three-tier attack plan would first feature KTSMM-1 "artillery killer" surface-to-surface missiles to "strike the enemy's tunnels with the 170-mm self-propelled howitzers and 240-mm multiple-rocket launch systems," as well as KTSMM-2 strikes against North Korea's SCUD missile facilities and 300-mm rocket launchers, according to South Korea's official Yonhap News Agency.

Next, the army would unleash Hyunmoo II ballistic missiles and Hyunmoo III cruise missiles to annihilate North Korea's nuclear weapons arsenal. In order to realize the third phase of the plan, a Hyunmoo IV attack designed to directly devastate North Korea's political leadership, the U.S. would have to officially remove the 800-kilometer range and 500-kilogram payload limit on South Korean ballistic missiles as dictated by a 2012 agreement.

Washington and Seoul have reportedly reached a de facto agreement to double this limit as Trump ups the pressure on his North Korea rival, Kim Jong Un.

It is very close to time to put an end to the North Korean regime, and their ability to threaten us, our allies, and our interests in the region (including Guam and our bases in SK and Japan). Now that ISIS has been defeated and evicted from their ''capital'' and the last of the large cities they were holding, it's time for full attention to be focused on this nonsense.

The Peoples Republic of China just held their five year ''Congress'', and handed ''President'' Chairman Xi full control over the country. He has departed from a form of collective rule, and is now as powerful as only Mao and Deng were. North Korea was much closer to Xi's predecessors, and it's unclear whether he sees them as useful or as an obstacle to fulfilling China's (Xi's) vision for China.

What is also unclear is whether opportunity was lost in not putting enormous pressure on him before the recent 16th Congress, when he was operating behind the scenes to further consolidate power, or if we can more easily influence him now that he has all that behind him. Either way, it's time to put China on notice that the clock is ticking on NK, and if they don't want us to act - then they need to

Not very detailed but a good big picture look at the DPRK military capabilities. Note the mention of "ZM-87 anti-personnel lasers". These are what were known as "dazzlers" back in the 80s/90s, designed to blind an enemy. Laser eye protection goggles were all the rage during that period, the USAF tested various such devices. I don't remember if we actually fielded any of them.